Month: August 2019

Air Canada has announced the first new routes that will be operated by its brand new Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The airline has a total of 45 A220s on order and expects to … [read more]

Vietnam Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, which is leased from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The Vietnamese flag-carrier becomes the seventh operator of the new aircraft. Delivery: Vietnam Airlines … [read more]

Ural Airlines flight U6178 has suffered a total engine failure, following a bird strike on departure, and landed in a corn field on Thursday morning. The flight from Zhukovsky Airport near Russian capital … [read more]

Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced that it will discontinue its transatlantic flights to and from Ireland next month. The airline will end all six routes from Dublin, Cork and Shannon to the … [read more]

Flight operations at Hong Kong Airport are returning to normal after two days of disruptions caused by mass protests. Large-scale demonstrations against the government had forced the airport to temporarily cancel large … [read more]

UK-based Virgin Atlantic Airways has received its first Airbus A350 aircraft, registered as G-VLUX. The carrier, which is 49% owned by US legacy carrier Delta, has an order for twelve A350-1000s, which … [read more]

Low-cost carrier Thai AirAsia X has received its first Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, which is leased from lessor Avolon. Thai AirAsia X currently has an all-Airbus A330 fleet of ten Airbus A330-300s. A second Airbus … [read more]

American Airlines has announced five new international routes from its hubs in Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas-Fort Worth. Starting on June 4, 2020, the carrier will commence seasonal flights between Philadelphia and Casablanca … [read more]